'Sun King' says Australia can build its own solar panel industry, with a little help from China
Twenty years ago China built a solar manufacturing industry on the back of Australian innovation. Now, as Australia tries to build a solar industry of its own, it needs assistance from China.
NASA sends software update 24 billion kilometres to restore communication with Voyager 1
Humanity's most distant spacecraft — which fell silent in November — is once again sending status reports after NASA engineers working with a two-day communication delay devised a software fix for a failed computer chip.
Why plans to power this outback town with renewable energy are 'ahead of the game'
A new report has outlined four pathways to help power Alice Springs by 50 per cent renewable energy within six years, providing a roadmap to put the town years ahead of Darwin, Katherine, and the national energy market.
Susannah was the subject of research for 30 years. It cost her her 'private life'
From her early childhood well into adulthood, Susannah Breslin was studied by US researchers who became like parent figures to her. She has mixed feelings about the study's impact on her life.
Astronaut life 'absolutely as fun as you can imagine', Australian-first graduate tells kids
After 12 months walking underwater in spacesuits, undertaking simulated weightlessness flights, and learning to speak Russian, there is no certainty Katherine Bennell-Pegg will go to space. But she is first in line if Australia launches a mission.
How a 1971 treaty is protecting Australian wetlands and frustrating big developers
A proposed $1.4 billion redevelopment of internationally protected wetlands in Queensland has been scrapped for now. But it's unlikely developers will stop trying to build in similar sites.
'Enigmatic' Tasmanian mountain shrimp allows researchers to look back 200 million years
Hidden in mountain ponds just minutes out of Hobart is a "living fossil" that has barely changed since the Triassic period.
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Defence may have to airdrop coffee, other supplies, to Antarctic expeditioners after Nuyina's failure
A Senate inquiry has heard the Department of Defence has been enlisted to potentially deliver supplies, including much-needed coffee, to Mawson Station after an earlier resupply voyage was disrupted when cranes malfunctioned on Australia's $528 million icebreaker.
Meta AI has rolled out on our social media apps to a mixed reception. Here's why and what to do with it
The launch of Meta's artificial intelligence tool has generated a wave of confusion among users as the AI bots descended upon familiar social media apps and began interacting with real people. Here are five quick questions on what the new tool means for users.
Rarely seen and hardly ever heard, secretive 'bunyip bird' spotted breeding for the first time in 40 years
The endangered Australasian bittern likes to keep a low profile and experts think there may be fewer than 1,000 left in Australia, but it's now been spotted with chicks in unique wetlands still recovering from damming in the 1960s.
Why have power bills skyrocketed when wholesale electricity keeps getting cheaper?
The wholesale price of electricity in Australia is three times cheaper than it was two years ago, according to new data from Australia's energy regulator, but retailers are still jacking up their prices.
A subterranean wonderland lies beneath the Nullarbor. A battle between energy and the environment looms in its future
The Nullarbor Plain is famous for being dry, flat and featureless — but it's a very different story beneath the surface, with an intricate cave system that has remained mostly untouched.
Parrots are being trafficked to become pets in Australia, and scientists are trying to stop it
You may be familiar with the use of DNA technology for catching criminals and solving crimes, but a group of scientists from Canberra and the UK are using DNA to save trafficked parrots.
Irwin sibling rivalry comes out of shell after scientists' snail discoveries
Scientist Dr Lorelle Stanisic could not help but notice an envious look on Robert's face several years ago when a new species of snail was named after his sister Bindi.
The world's oldest culture is embracing high-tech vertical farming
Vertical farms grow plants quickly, using less water and land than traditional farming. One newcomer to the industry hopes it can put native herbs into supermarkets.
Lily, 11, was playing in a park when fire ants swarmed her body
Colleen Lavender has raised her kids to love the outdoors but they no longer walk around barefoot after her daughter disturbed a fire ant nest at a park. She's worried the spread of the ants could change the outdoor lifestyle Australians know and love.
On a patch of earth 'big as a Bunnings car park', renters get to muscle in on the solar boom
A five-hour drive from Sydney, a community garden of sorts has sprouted. But instead of sharing tomatoes or lettuce, "gardeners" harvest solar energy. And it's already a hit with people otherwise excluded from the rooftop solar boom.
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